September 27, 2017
World Tourism Day: Making Sustainable Tourism a Reality
World Tourism Day is celebrated on 27 September 2017 and this year the theme is 'Sustainable Tourism — a Tool for Development'. The world has a finite supply of...
September 21, 2017
Past and present stories of Africa
September is Heritage Month. This year's theme is 'Reclaiming, restoring and celebrating our living heritage'. In celebration of our continent and our country's...
August 31, 2017
Moya moya moya moya
It has been 17 years since the designation of African Traditional Medicine Day. And yet, the day is meaningless unless its value and history is recognised...
August 16, 2017
The Javett-UP: Signaling a new landmark in the City of Tshwane
Residents of Pretoria woke up to a new landmark on Lynnwood Road on Monday morning. Commencing at 04:00 on Saturday, 12 August, seven massive beams, each 33,55...
August 02, 2017
Footsteps Along the Tracks project uncovers largely forgotten cultural heritage
The University of Pretoria (UP) and the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands present the Footsteps Along the Tracks project, which uncovers the largely...
July 05, 2017
Moving towards the Javett-UP
The sod-turning ceremony for the building of the Javett Art Centre (Javett-UP) at the University of Pretoria (UP) on the Hatfield and South campuses, to be...
May 10, 2017
African history is a discipline on the rise - and one that raises many questions
\u00a0 African history has gone through many incarnations as an academic discipline. Most recently, there's been a global turn in African historiography. This...
August 17, 2016
One of SA's most extensive ceramics collections housed in the Faculty of Humanities
The University of Pretoria curates and manages one of the most extensive ceramic collections in South Africa. These artefacts range from ancient pre-Columbian...
August 10, 2016
Southern African cross-border tourism in the research spotlight
An investigation into cross-border tourist guiding in southern Africa, undertaken by the Department of Historical and Heritage Studies and commissioned by the...
April 07, 2015
UP’s research conserves valuable museum collection
Priceless Iron Age artefacts from the Unesco World Heritage Sites of Mapungubwe and K2 have been conserved and are being exhibited by an expert team of...